Friday, March 1, 2013

7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 91)

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Still Have Hope “But
I always knew that the Lord is in the boat, and I always knew that the boat of
the Church is not mine, not ours, but it is His. And He will not let her sink,
it is He who leads it, certainly also through the men he has chosen, because so
He has willed it. This was and is a certainty, that nothing can obscure. And
that is why today my heart is filled with gratitude to God because He has never
left me or the Church without His consolation, His light, His love,” the Holy
Father said. To read the full article about Pope Benedict XVI's words and sentiments from a credible source (obviously NOT the mainstream media), click here.

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Past Due Praying
for my sister, who could go into labor any minute (her due date was February
26) the baby we'll soon get to see and hold, and my brother-in-law that all
will go smoothly for the birth whenever it happens and that peace and joy will
radiate in ways only God could bring about for all three of them. Pray for my mom as well. It's killing her to have to wait even longer to hold her first grandchild than she thought.

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Vivi Turns Three: Sunday we celebrated Vivi’s third birthday. “Princess Vivi” as she often calls herself
had a lovely Minnie Mouse party with family (and those adopted as such Kevin
and me). Her mom helped her practice
blowing out candles so she’d be ready for her big day. Just as impressive was getting to see Vivi
actually eat some of the cake (since she usually won’t touch it, too much like
bread, which she has no interest in at all).

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Birthday Balloon Hands-down one of Vivi’s favorite gifts that has continued to bring her
great joy is the birthday Minnie Mouse helium balloon her mom brought home for
her last Friday. She was immediately
smitten with it, and she and her sisters have had lots of fun with it ever
since. (Yes, I know balloons are major
choking hazards and strings are strangling hazards. Vivi’s not interested in eating the balloon,
and I only let her sisters play with it when I’m sitting with them, watching
them like a hawk.)

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Team
Treasure Chest Another of Vivi’s new
prized possessions is a Minnie Mouse treasure chest which she refers to as her “Team
Treasure Chest,” because she is an avid fan of Jake and the Neverland Pirates
(a cartoon spin-off of Peter Pan that involves Captain Hook which I’ve never
seen, but I’ve heard much about and read some of the children’s books). She loves dragging it around the room,
sitting on it, and putting her other new toys in it, then locking it so her
sisters can’t get to them. I’m just
happy she hasn’t tried (at least while I’m watching) to stuff one of her
sisters in it and lock it. Though, with
how adept Livie is at getting into things and out of other things, she’d
probably bust out rather quickly. Sophie
we’d discover quickly from the piercing screeches issuing forth from the box.

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No Whining There was one day in particular this week during which
the tone of voice in which every word that came out of a certain someone’s
mouth was to my sensitive ears like fingernails on a chalkboard, the
drill at the dentist’s office, or a young, unhappy child who needs more to
eat or more sleep or something but can’t tell you what it is she wants/needs
only the 5,243 things she doesn’t want in a voice that makes you want to
scream, but you know that won’t help, either.
I knew Kevin had a long day at work and was worn down by
negativity. He was being very quiet
knowing I, too, had a long day. I informed
him after a few minutes of needed silence that I was ready to listen if he
wanted to tell me about his day, even if he wanted to complain, as long as he
did it in a normal voice.

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Skyfall Great
James Bond Flick! One of the fringe benefits of nannying for the girls
is that their parents have one of the largest modern movie collections of
anyone I know. While I only on rare occasions
watch a DVD with the girls (and then it’s usually a Broadway musical or Disney
classic) I get to borrow movies Kevin and I didn’t see in the theater, can’t
afford to purchase, and otherwise may not get around to viewing until they are
being shown on TV years after the fact. Kevin
and I both loved watching Skyfall,the latest Bond movie on Blue-ray this evening.

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